Your gifts support student success and ensure they have the opportunities and resources needed to excel.
Giving to the Department of Agricultural Economics
Since 1922, the Department of Agricultural Economics has evolved to advance agriculture in the state, address new challenges across disciplines and create solutions for the world’s most complex issues through teaching, research, Extension and service. We’re working to restore connections among people, agriculture, food, science and the economy and train the next generation of business leaders, entrepreneurs, economists and visionaries.
None of this would be possible without the generosity of our donors and friends. Discover how you can help advance excellence at Texas A&M University and make a difference in the lives of our students and faculty.
Ways to Give
There are numerous ways to give through the Texas A&M Foundation that allow you to direct your gift for a specific purpose at Texas A&M University. You can support students, faculty, college programs or student activities with an endowed gift that will provide permanent support, or you can make a non-endowed gift to be used more immediately for a designated purpose.
Industry Partnerships and Corporate Giving
The best choice a business can make is investing in future generations. If you’re a business looking for ways to give back through time, talents, money or experiences, our development team would love to connect and help identify ways we can turn your interests into a worthwhile investment.
Department Funding Priorities
We’ve been advancing excellence in agricultural economics for a century and we’re not stopping anytime soon. Discover what impacts your gift can make in the next 100 years.
Supporting Student Success
With your support, we can ensure that our students have access to affordable, high-quality education and can participate in transformative learning experiences that set them up for success. Thanks to donor support, our students receive scholarships to help fund their education and participate in career-changing opportunities like internship programs, study abroad opportunities and experience working alongside faculty on research projects.
Advancing Expertise and Faculty Excellence
As our department grows and adapts to respond to industry demands in our state, one of the greatest needs for the department is funding to recruit and retain world-class faculty members to promote and establish Texas A&M University as a national leader in agricultural economics and related fields.
Investing in Academic Programs
The Texas A&M University Department of Agricultural Economics is renowned for training high-caliber degrees and programs. With your support, we can continue to build industry-relevant programs that propel recruitment and yield knowledgeable, high-trained graduates.
Promoting Cutting-Edge Research
The diversity of agriculture and agribusiness enterprises in Texas provides opportunities for a wide variety of research. With your support, the department can continue conducting innovative, relevant research relating to agriculture and food value chain, consumer behavior, market trends, natural resource and environmental impacts.
Growing business leaders of character
“I appreciate how the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is a place where students can grow to their fullest potential. Our department provides opportunities and experiences that challenge and grow students into leaders of character.”
Clayton Elbel ’23, Agricultural Economics Major
Spring Branch, Texas
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Driven to give back
Bobette Grant ’73 made quite the impression as a Texas A&M University because she was a woman in a university student body mostly comprised of men—and she drove a striking and rare 1964 Austin Healey 3000 around campus.
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Developing entrepreneurs and business leaders
The Dianne and M. Edward Rister ’74 Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program gives students real-world business knowledge to help them find their path as entrepreneurs or business leaders.
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A mind for business and a heart for people
Fran and Bill Carter ’69 donate $5M planned gift to support the growth of business leaders and the Financial Planning program.
The Texas A&M Foundation
The Texas A&M Foundation builds a brighter future for Texas A&M University, one relationship at a time.
As a nonprofit and the primary academic fundraising institution for Texas A&M, we aspire to be among the most trusted philanthropies in higher education. Our team works with former students, corporations and other Texas A&M supporters to match their charitable interests with the university’s priorities. Gifts create scholarships, advance faculty endeavors, enhance student programs and fund campus construction, greatly enhancing Texas A&M’s mission to provide the highest quality undergraduate and graduate programs and develop new understandings through research and creativity.
Contact Our Development Team
Our development officers are determined to help you invest in causes you care about. Whether you are considering making your first gift or are already a longtime donor, we’re excited to work with you!
